German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Tuesday that it was not in Greece’s interest to question the involvement of the IMF in its bailout programme, after the Greek prime minister said the global lender was not playing a constructive role.
Alexis Tsipras accused the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of making unrealistic reform demands on Greece. Schaeuble was asked about the issue at a meeting of European finance ministers in Brussels, Reuters reports.
Schaeuble, who has been critical of European Commission plans for a bank deposit guarantee scheme, also told reporters that this issue should only be discussed at a later stage. He said the scheme would cover cooperative and savings banks.
PS I think, German FinMin Schaebule breathes just to hate Greece. It wasn’t about Varoufakis. The man is fixed on “Greece”. Should for some reason Greece abandon EU and Eurozone, he will immediately retire and go hide in the most remote German village. He will see no reason for being around….
This site is awesome, and I have followed it for many years. It is more and more apparent that they are on to greece. Well, of course they are. It’s the old Babelonian Money Magick trick… Printed out of thin air for nothing, lent out at interest and when payments are not not kept up, REAL WEALTH and ASSETTS are confiscated in favour of those practicing this ancient little magick trick.
The only way out of it, and I mean the ONLY WAY OUT is to follow the very brave example of ICELAND. They ignored the fear mongers who spoke voodoo spells about how their country wouldn’t practically cease to exist. However… … … Has anyone noticed that since then theirs is the ONLY economy experiencing any real growth? That none of the voodoo doom and gloom prediction came true? That they successfully prosecuted and jailed those practicing the money magick trick to serious jail time? That they confiscated the assetts of those magicians which are now about to split between all nativbe Icelandic peoples who will receive a payback (compensation if you prefer) of over Euro 27,500.00?
If you didn’t notice all the above which is completely true and easily verified, it is because the powers that (shouldn’t) be go to great lengths to make sure you don’t know, hear about, or feel a need to investigate on your own.
Hmm hm HMMMM hmmm HMHM is sound they make behind closed doors mocking, teasing and robbing you whilst in the open saying “I’m in love with you! (…and thus you shouldn’t question our advice in your best interestes…)
The sooner that Greek voters and politicos study up on, develop contacts with, and ultimo take similar action to Iceland, the sooner the amazing land of Greece will return to a true prosperipy.
Best wishes,
Grekophile
the brave example of Iceland was that it was not Eurozone member.
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“…country WOULD practically cease…”
Can you say Asshat???
Schaeuble really is trying to impersonate the Devil. The sorry story is that educcated Germans have been convinced by him — always telling me how “brilliant” he is, one of the “true intellectuals” of Germany. The problem for me, is that a dumbass who understands nothing about economics, but dresses up his speeches with clever-clever presentations, is nothing more than an educated dumbass. Apparently, Germans really respect such people…
One begins to understand how the Third Reich took hold of Germany — with little effort.
intellectual is for sure NOT. he is maybe a good accountant
Absolutely my opinion too, although I cannot understand German well. But it really concerns me that Germans are impressed…
Count in non-voters and the impressed are just around 20% corrupted. It’s the way of the world today, most people will support that the mass-murder in Congo must stop until they realize that then their cellphones will cost 10.000 bux.
“…it was not a Eurozone member.”
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Uhhmmm… Actually that makes no difference at all, sad to say. Part of the problem is that bankster-led financial crimes have not been prosecuted which only emboldens the financial crime “magicians” to commit more of them.
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And, if you recall, the UK actually brought anti-terror legislation to bear against the Icelandic people when they decided to prosecute instead of being looted; I do not believe that has happened or will happen to Greece.
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The hardest part of any journey is the first step and the longer the journey, the harder that step is to take. Of course there would be some hardship in the first year or two at most. But instead of being continually bullied, looted and victimized continually as have happened the past, what, seven years now, Greeks would find solutions that work for Greece instead of everyone but Greeks. Remember too that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different outcome… Sounds kind of familiar, eh?
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Seriously, my heard bleeds for you Greeks, I fear it will be the model used to loot elsewhere in the west as well.
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Not intending to be above station, these coments are a sincere and reasoned analysis from hundreds my library of now almost 20k articles from UK, US, EU and Scandinavia on world events the past decade.
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All the best,
GREKOPHILE
OOOOPS!
“… my HEART bleeds…”
DOUBLE OOOPS!
“… from hundreds OF ARTICLES in my library …”
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It’s obviously getting too late for me.
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GOODNIGHT
You may want to check those hundreds of articles in your library…
It is not for nothing the the MoU’s re. Greece are governed by British Law… The anti-terror bit is precisely why this was done!
“…It’s not for nothing the Memorandums of Understanding are governed by British law…”
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Admittedly I am not a legal scholar and my library is not a legal one.
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But if the MoUs are indeed designed to bring anti-terror measures against Greece should it dare to break free from the money magich magicisan’s shackles and prosecute them for the very real crimes they have comitted, then it seems reasonable, sensible and very necessary to repudiate the debts, stand up against the bullies and go the way of Iceland. In the medium and especially longer term, Greeks and Greece will be FAR BETTER OFF for doing so – and the sooner the better.
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Or, to put it more simply: If so, then that’s all the more reason to go the route of Iceland.
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The change I’ve seen in Greeks since the very first “bailout” terms and conditions were imposed saddens me greatly. Rise up and be like you were before they started beating you down psychologically, emotionally and in all the other ways they have besides the financial one.
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Must it really go so far that the phrase “people with nothing left to lose, lose it” (G. Celente) applies? That could take a while and become very expensive; there is still much more to lose before it gets that far IMO.
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BEST WISHES,
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Grekophile